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Sunday, April 26, 2015

KCW day 7: Panda dress

I made it, I reached my personal goal. Make seven animal inspired
clothes and post about them during KCW. You know you have a problem if
you wake up on a Sunday at 7:00 h and think: "Lets get out now and
quickly finish that dress before we are going swimming today". This was
the last day of KCW so I can now get back to my usual sewing schedule
without me pushing myself to finish something everyday. I know that I
shouldn't have made a garment per day, but just have spend one day
sewing, but I liked to challenge myself a bit more because I usually
spend one hour a day on making clothes anyway.

When the
contributors were announced on Facebook somebody challenged us to make a
garment inspired by the animal that we were matched with. Mine was a
panda and I took that challenge. I thought about what defined a panda
and I thought about the contrasting white and black and the big belly. I
translated that in a black and white bubble dress.

I
started with the bubble dress pattern from Ottobre 6/2012. I flipped the
curve in the bodice down, creating a "head"shaped bodice. I added arm
shaped pockets and added black shoulder details to mimic the ears.

I knitified the pattern again to avoid
zippers. I used two T-shirts from my husband, one (the outer) barely
worn because it itched a bit (my son gets his sensitive skin from his
father). The lining is made from a frequently worn one, so my daughters
skin is not exposed to the slightly itching one (in case you were
wearing).

The
arm holes are a bit big, but I like the dress a lot. I was surprised
that my small one found the pockets by herself. I didn't make them deep
because I assumed they would only be decorative. It seems that her next
dress should also have serious pockets.

I love to hear what you think of my creations.
Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google
translate might have to assist me if you choose something different
than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian).

About me

I am a Dutch mother of four (three girls and one boy) and an academic. I love to create and use this blog to share my creations with the world. I knit, crochet, sew, bake etc. and many of those skills I learned from bloggers around the globe. I hope you like reading about my creative adventures and that they may inspire you.